Italy introduces security decree targeting protest violence

The Italian government has approved a security decree introducing a new offense for violent participation in demonstrations, permitting the detention of minors for up to 24 hours, and deploying 500 soldiers to Milan following recent student protests. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that authorities will deploy biometric identification and artificial intelligence to identify masked participants involved in violence. The exact timeline for the operational rollout of the biometric tools remains unspecified.